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10 Key Actions to Reduce IT Infrastructure and Operations Cost Structure
sponsored by Nimsoft, Inc.
 | Analyst Report: | Posted: 04 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 04 Nov 2009 | |
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Infrastructure and operations (I&O) comprise 60% or more of total IT spending worldwide. I&O leaders are under intensifying pressure to reduce costs. This Gartner research note outlines the key actions that should be taken to change the I&O cost structure in the short term (through 2010) and in the longer term (during the next three years).
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eGuide: The Green Data Center: Understanding Energy Regulations, Power Consumption and More
sponsored by IBM
| eGuide: | Posted: 04 Nov 2009
| | Published: | 04 Nov 2009 | |
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Today’s businesses are being pushed to consolidate their data centers, address power consumption and implement virtualization in an effort to reduce operating costs and go green. But what are the best routes to achieving these objectives?
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Podcast- The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center - Vendor Podcast
sponsored by Akorri
 | Podcast: | Posted: 03 Nov 2009
| | Premiered: | 03 Nov 2009 | | | Speakers: |
Dave Bartoletti, Senior Analyst & Consultant, Taneja Group
Rob Strechay, VP, Strategic Accounts, Akorri
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This podcast details a strategy to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Get answers on how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization.
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The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center - Vendor Webcast
sponsored by Akorri
 | Webcast: | Posted: 03 Nov 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | | | Speakers: |
Dave Bartoletti, Senior Analyst & Consultant, Taneja Group
Rob Strechay, VP, Strategic Accounts, Akorri
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This webcast details an approach to optimize your virtualized infrastructure performance. Learn how to leverage key performance indicators and cross-domain analytics to plan for future capacity demands and improve service levels. Discover the secret to managing your VMware infrastructure performance for optimal resource utilization.
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Best Practice Insights: ITIL Service Operation
sponsored by BMC Software, Inc
| Screencast: | Posted: 03 Nov 2009
| | Premiered: | 03 Nov 2009 | |
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Service Operation, the fourth book in the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Version 3 publications, assists readers in developing management practices to ensure customers are satisfied and receive the value they expect. BMC experts have compiled an overview based on Service Operation, including valuable commentary, practical guidance and examples.
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Virtualization, Cloud Computing and the IT Service Catalog - Vendor Webcast
sponsored by newScale, Inc.
| Webcast: | Posted: 29 Oct 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | | | Speakers: |
Cameron Haight, Gartner, Research Vice President
Scott Hammond, newScale, Inc., President and CEO
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In this webcast, learn about an IT service catalog that will help you achieve virtualization benefits like cost savings and IT agility. Discover a new operating model that enables effective virtualization and cloud computing management. Learn how IT can become more cloud-like and explore how to pave the way for an internal cloud.
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Zenith ARCA: Advanced Recovery and Continuity Appliance
sponsored by Zenith Infotech
| White Paper: | Posted: 29 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 28 Oct 2009 | |
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Learn how Freeland Community School District in Freeland, MI. used Zenith ARCA (Advanced Recovery & Continuity Appliance) to reduce management overheads, reduce RPO from 2 hours to 15 minutes.
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Cloud computing 101 - Expert Podcast
sponsored by Platform Computing Corporation
| Podcast: | Posted: 29 Oct 2009
| | Premiered: | 29 Oct 2009 | | | Speaker: |
Jeff Kaplan, Managing director at THINKstrategies Inc.
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Tune into this podcast for expert insight into the impact of cloud computing on your IT infrastructure. Hear from cloud computing expert, Jeff Kaplan, as he explains the basic pressures driving cloud computing. Learn about Amazon's influence on the cloud market and discover the 3 elements that attract enterprises to the cloud.
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The Intelligent Choice for Microsoft® Windows Server Virtualization
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
| Data Sheet: | Posted: 29 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 28 Oct 2009 | |
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To fully benefit from Windows Server® 2008 with Hyper-V and Systems Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM) technology, a fully engineered virtualization solution is needed, that is both cost effective and easy to manage whilst simultaneously ensuring high availability with enterprise performance and stability.
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Windows Server® 2008 Fasttrack
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
| Data Sheet: | Posted: 29 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 28 Oct 2009 | |
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Dell's FastTrack for Windows Server® 2008 includes assessment, design and
validation consulting performed in a phased, contiguous approach. FastTrack is
Dell's recommended end-to-end service for customers that would like a validated,
repeatable migration process necessary to deploy a best of breed, Windows Server
2008 solution.
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Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V Technology Introduction with Advanced Management
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
| Data Sheet: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 28 Oct 2009 | |
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The Hyper-V Technology Introduction with Advanced Management for Windows Server 2008 is an approximate 10 day service and consists of either a single-node implementation or dual-node highly available (HA) host-based cluster configuration and up to two servers for the System Center elements. Read this paper to learn more.
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Dell and Microsoft solutions help ServiceU deliver reliable system performance and create a virtualized environment that reduces power consumption by 50 percent
sponsored by Dell and Microsoft
| Case Study: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 01 Feb 2009 | |
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ServiceU Corporation was challenged to deploy reliable hardware to support
its Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 environment and virtualize other applications to enhance business flexibility. Read this case study to learn about the benefits that ServiceU achieved through by implementing Dell hardware and Microsoft Hyper-V technology.
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Self-Service is Coming to IT Service Delivery…What You Need to Know
sponsored by Surgient
| Webcast: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Premiered: | Available On Demand | |
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User demand for infrastructure and services has increased at a much greater rate over the past few decades than IT resources available, thus causing an IT service delivery gap. Learn how Surgient's self-service platform can bridge that gap.
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Dell™ Reference Architecture Overview for Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 in a VMware® ESX Server Environment using EqualLogic PS Series Storage
sponsored by Dell, Inc.
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 01 May 2009 | |
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This paper describes the Dell Reference Architecture, a blue print or a starting configuration, for designing Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 storage in a virtualized server environment using Dell™ EqualLogic™ arrays.
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IBM Buyers Guide
sponsored by IBM
| White Paper: | Posted: 28 Oct 2009
| | Published: | 02 Oct 2009 | |
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This buyer's guide outlines features and capabilities that comprise an effective SIEM solution, discusses the benefits of each capability, and provides checklists to help you evaluate whether or not a particular vendor's solutions can address each of these areas.
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